diff --git a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/qc/CountReadEventsWalker.java b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/qc/CountReadEventsWalker.java
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..c5ab0426d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/qc/CountReadEventsWalker.java
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+package org.broadinstitute.sting.gatk.walkers.qc;
+
+import net.sf.samtools.CigarOperator;
+import org.broadinstitute.sting.commandline.Output;
+import org.broadinstitute.sting.gatk.contexts.ReferenceContext;
+import org.broadinstitute.sting.gatk.refdata.ReadMetaDataTracker;
+import org.broadinstitute.sting.gatk.report.GATKReport;
+import org.broadinstitute.sting.gatk.walkers.DataSource;
+import org.broadinstitute.sting.gatk.walkers.ReadWalker;
+import org.broadinstitute.sting.gatk.walkers.Requires;
+import org.broadinstitute.sting.utils.sam.GATKSAMRecord;
+import org.broadinstitute.sting.utils.sam.ReadUtils;
+
+import java.io.PrintStream;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/**
+ * Walks over the input data set, counting the number of reads ending in insertions/deletions or soft-clips
+ *
+ * <h2>Input</h2>
+ * <p>
+ * One or more BAM files.
+ * </p>
+ *
+ * <h2>Output</h2>
+ * <p>
+ * Number of reads ending in each category.
+ * </p>
+ *
+ * <h2>Examples</h2>
+ * <pre>
+ * java -Xmx2g -jar GenomeAnalysisTK.jar \
+ *   -R ref.fasta \
+ *   -T ReadEndIndels \
+ *   -o output.grp \
+ *   -I input.bam \
+ *   [-L input.intervals]
+ * </pre>
+ */
+
+
+@Requires({DataSource.READS, DataSource.REFERENCE})
+public class CountReadEventsWalker extends ReadWalker<Map<CigarOperator, ArrayList<Integer>> , Map<Integer, Map<CigarOperator, Long>>> {
+    @Output (doc = "GATKReport table output")
+    PrintStream out;
+
+    public Map<CigarOperator, ArrayList<Integer>> map(ReferenceContext ref, GATKSAMRecord read, ReadMetaDataTracker tracker) {
+        return ReadUtils.getCigarOperatorForAllBases(read);
+    }
+
+    public Map<Integer, Map<CigarOperator, Long>> reduceInit() {
+        return new HashMap<Integer, Map<CigarOperator, Long>>();
+    }
+
+    public Map<Integer, Map<CigarOperator, Long>> reduce(Map<CigarOperator, ArrayList<Integer>> value, Map<Integer, Map<CigarOperator, Long>> sum) {
+        for (Map.Entry<CigarOperator, ArrayList<Integer>> entry : value.entrySet()) {
+            CigarOperator op = entry.getKey();
+            ArrayList<Integer> positions = entry.getValue();
+
+            for (int p : positions) {
+                Map<CigarOperator, Long> operatorCount = sum.get(p);
+                if (operatorCount == null) {
+                    operatorCount = new HashMap<CigarOperator, Long>();
+                    sum.put(p, operatorCount);
+                }
+
+                Long count = operatorCount.get(op);
+                if (count == null)
+                    count = 0L;
+                count++;
+                operatorCount.put(op, count);
+            }
+        }
+        return sum;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void onTraversalDone(Map<Integer, Map<CigarOperator, Long>> result) {
+        GATKReport report = GATKReport.newSimpleReport("Events", "Position", "Event", "Observations");
+        for (Map.Entry<Integer, Map<CigarOperator, Long>> entry : result.entrySet()) {
+            int position = entry.getKey();
+            Map<CigarOperator, Long> operatorCount = entry.getValue();
+
+            for (Map.Entry<CigarOperator, Long> subEntry: operatorCount.entrySet()) {
+                String operator = subEntry.getKey().name();
+                Long observations = subEntry.getValue();
+                report.addRow(position, operator, observations);
+            }
+        }
+        report.print(out);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/qc/CountTerminusEventWalker.java b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/qc/CountTerminusEventWalker.java
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..9208cbae8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/qc/CountTerminusEventWalker.java
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+package org.broadinstitute.sting.gatk.walkers.qc;
+
+import net.sf.samtools.CigarElement;
+import net.sf.samtools.CigarOperator;
+import org.broadinstitute.sting.gatk.contexts.ReferenceContext;
+import org.broadinstitute.sting.gatk.refdata.ReadMetaDataTracker;
+import org.broadinstitute.sting.gatk.walkers.DataSource;
+import org.broadinstitute.sting.gatk.walkers.ReadWalker;
+import org.broadinstitute.sting.gatk.walkers.Requires;
+import org.broadinstitute.sting.utils.collections.Pair;
+import org.broadinstitute.sting.utils.exceptions.UserException;
+import org.broadinstitute.sting.utils.sam.GATKSAMRecord;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Walks over the input data set, counting the number of reads ending in insertions/deletions or soft-clips
+ *
+ * <h2>Input</h2>
+ * <p>
+ * One or more BAM files.
+ * </p>
+ *
+ * <h2>Output</h2>
+ * <p>
+ * Number of reads ending in each category.
+ * </p>
+ *
+ * <h2>Examples</h2>
+ * <pre>
+ * java -Xmx2g -jar GenomeAnalysisTK.jar \
+ *   -R ref.fasta \
+ *   -T ReadEndIndels \
+ *   -o output.txt \
+ *   -I input.bam \
+ *   [-L input.intervals]
+ * </pre>
+ */
+@Requires({DataSource.READS, DataSource.REFERENCE})
+public class CountTerminusEventWalker extends ReadWalker<Pair<Long, Long>, Pair<Long, Long>> {
+    public Pair<Long, Long> map(ReferenceContext ref, GATKSAMRecord read, ReadMetaDataTracker tracker) {
+        List<CigarElement> cigarElements = read.getCigar().getCigarElements();
+
+        CigarElement lastElement = null;
+        for (CigarElement element : cigarElements) {
+            if (element.getOperator() != CigarOperator.HARD_CLIP)
+                lastElement = element;
+        }
+
+        if (lastElement == null)
+            throw new UserException.MalformedBAM(read, "read does not have any bases, it's all hard clips");
+
+        long endsInIndel = lastElement.getOperator() == CigarOperator.INSERTION || lastElement.getOperator() == CigarOperator.DELETION? 1 : 0;
+        long endsInSC = lastElement.getOperator() == CigarOperator.SOFT_CLIP ? 1 : 0;
+
+        return new Pair<Long, Long>(endsInIndel, endsInSC);
+    }
+
+    public Pair<Long, Long> reduceInit() { return new Pair<Long, Long>(0L, 0L); }
+
+    public Pair<Long, Long> reduce(Pair<Long, Long> value, Pair<Long, Long> sum) {
+        sum.set(sum.getFirst() + value.getFirst(), sum.getSecond() + value.getSecond());
+        return sum;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void onTraversalDone(Pair<Long, Long> result) {
+        System.out.println(String.format("\tReads ending in indels : %d\n\tReads ending in soft-clips: %d\n", result.getFirst(), result.getSecond()));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/sam/ReadUtils.java b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/sam/ReadUtils.java
index c2f7117f8..4e2fd1446 100755
--- a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/sam/ReadUtils.java
+++ b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/utils/sam/ReadUtils.java
@@ -783,4 +783,43 @@ public class ReadUtils {
         return location;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Creates a map with each event in the read (cigar operator) and the read coordinate where it happened.
+     *
+     * Example:
+     *  D -> 2, 34, 75
+     *  I -> 55
+     *  S -> 0, 101
+     *  H -> 101
+     *
+     * @param read the read
+     * @return a map with the properties described above. See example
+     */
+    public static Map<CigarOperator, ArrayList<Integer>> getCigarOperatorForAllBases (GATKSAMRecord read) {
+        Map<CigarOperator, ArrayList<Integer>> events = new HashMap<CigarOperator, ArrayList<Integer>>();
+
+        int position = 0;
+        for (CigarElement cigarElement : read.getCigar().getCigarElements()) {
+            CigarOperator op = cigarElement.getOperator();
+            if (op.consumesReadBases()) {
+                ArrayList<Integer> list = events.get(op);
+                if (list == null) {
+                    list = new ArrayList<Integer>();
+                    events.put(op, list);
+                }
+                for (int i = position; i < cigarElement.getLength(); i++)
+                    list.add(position++);
+            }
+            else {
+                ArrayList<Integer> list = events.get(op);
+                if (list == null) {
+                    list = new ArrayList<Integer>();
+                    events.put(op, list);
+                }
+                list.add(position);
+            }
+        }
+        return events;
+    }
+
 }